Can I have your tapas recipes, please?

[UKDEB]

Having some friends around on Saturday and thought it would make a change from a barbie! Does anyone have any favourites?

 

[Fantasia Sam]

Well I do a nice chorizio dish -

Go to Deli counter and get about a 6inch peice of Chorizio. Skin it and then chop it in to big chunks. Get one Lge red onion and 2 red peppers and chop. Heat some chilli oil (you can use ordinary and then add some chopped red chill but oviosuly optional) cook chorizio for a few minutes then add the pepper, onion oh and some crushed garlic. Cook for a further 6 - 8 mins then add 4 tbsp cream sherry or madeira and 2 tbsp red wine vinegar and cook until some of the liquid has reduced. Voila. You can also add cooke tiger prawns to this dish just put them in when you put the liquid in.


Potatas Bravas is nice which is big saute potatoes in a passata sauce with chilli powder. Reduce some passata and some fresh finely chopped red chilli (just to taste) and then pour over some freshly cooked sautee pots and serve.


Or just sautee some large chunks of pots (I always boil my pots first for about 5/10 mins before frying) and serve with garlic alioli (garlic mayonnaise)

HTH

 

[UKDEB]

Thanks, Sam - I'll definitely do these. When you boil the potatoes before sauteing, do they have that lovely, soft, fondant texture like they do in tapas restuarants? I've always wondered how to do that.

 

[Fantasia Sam]

Well mine always do - remember the bigger the piece of potato the longer you boil but I wouldn't boil for more then 10 mins - and then slowly sautee rather than rushing the frying. Or boil potatoes for 15 to 20 mins and allow for them too cool ans store in the fridge, so do them in the morning, and then sautee that's one of my fav ways of doing them.

I just love talking about food

 

[nativetxn]

You're making me hungry